A very busy weekend gave a very busy Monday,cleaning unpacking,laundry, you know all the good stuff that is the result of traveling with a clan. I have a few minutes to add some pictures,then back to work!

And now for some great well mannered children! 

minus a bite  .

A walk to the lake on a beautiful day.

SPRING 2010

Alaina was just amazed. Last time we were there with her, she was about 9  months old

It really didn’t take long for the kids to decide to try out how cold the water was…in their shoes.

I must have said out of the water 10 times in less then 3 minutes.

Laura taught Alaina to throw stones…and she was showing me also how she could skip them. I was a pro in my neighborhood when i was little,no one ever beat how many skips i could do..i would make it all the way across the river,and to make it more challenging i would skip them downstream so they would keep skipping. If I remember correctly i skipped a stone 14 times once!(she gets it from me!!)

She is watching Lauras stone skipping …

I am glad i brought extra clothes, Sienna was the first to walk right in. Mark was struggling to put her wet shoes back on after I changed her pants.

Carter played in the huge tree along the lake most of the time…

Just before I told him he was getting a little too high for my liking…again he gets his tree climbing abilities from me.

I would climb to the very top of pine trees until they got bendy and sway around in circles,and back and forth…they never broke either. I remember allot of times my mom would be calling me in for dinner and i would say “I’m right here!” and she wouldn’t see me until I said “Look up!” I don’t think she really liked seeing me so high in a tree,Now I’m a mom I know why.

Strike 2 with Sienna…she really wanted to swim,but she was freezing,her pants are soaked.

It was so nice to get out today.. It was warm and breezy,PERFECT in my book.

I really look forward to all the color,we need more color to balance out the gray and brown a bit.

I have a feeling tomorrow will be just as nice! We really need to clean up the lawn and around the bushes!

SPRING cleaning is on the agenda!

And yes I do realize there are no pictures of me,I was having too much fun messing with the new camera,I totally forgot.It would have been nice to include me!